THAT’S ONE SMART PROSTITUTE: ‘Belle de Jour’, the anonymous blogger/columnist who inspired the Showtime series “Secret Diary of a Call Girl,” revealed herself to be Dr. Brooke Magnanti, who has a PhD in informatics, epidemiology and forensic science. Her specialties include developmental neurotoxicology, cancer epidemiology… and handjobs! [Times Online]

SORRY, NO DEAD HOOKER JOKES TODAY: One of the brothel workers from HBO’s “Cat House” was found murdered in Oklahoma City. Brooke Phillips, 21, who was pregnant at the time of her death, was shot to death and left in a house that was subsequently set on fire. Cheerful stuff. [Telegraph]